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Speaking of Beef Tongue, How's About Beef Heart?

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    Speaking of Beef Tongue, How's About Beef Heart?

    Grilled? Smoked? Diced for chili?

    Is it livery at all? Chewy.

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    Originally posted by Willy View Post
    Grilled? Smoked? Diced for chili?

    Is it livery at all? Chewy.
    Very chewy for sure. I've only done hearts a few times, and I'm not sure I've settled on any kind of good cooking method.

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      #3
      I do them like Tongue and use a pressure cooker first then usually simmer in a sauce for sandwiches or tacos.
      Heart can have a hint of that wild game flavor at times.

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        #4
        I remember seeing some place on Diners, Drive Ins and Dives turn beef hearts into pastrami. It looked incredible.

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          #5
          I'm not sure even pastrami would get me on the heart wagon. I was checking out tongue and heart the other day and the freaking crap is $5+ per pound.

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          • holehogg
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            Have a heart they only have 1 of each.

          #6
          I’ve never cooked it myself but have had beef heart steak at a restaurant (plus had it as skewers called antichuchos at Peruvian restaurants). It’s very lean and beefy and not all that gamey. There was very little intramuscular fat and was tightly textured. Think flank steak but even leaner. I really liked the taste and texture despite the leanness. If I recall it was served med rare.

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            #7
            Yep it is super beefy and tough to not over cook and have it all chewy and tough. Though about grinding it up fine then pressing it and using the juice for a brisket injection.

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              #8
              I remember the Captain, he did the vocal in Willie the Pimp, "standing on the corner with a twenty dollar bill, hot meat, hot rats".

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              • EdF
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                Ah, the Captain!

              #9
              I loved heart as a kid. My mom would pound it with the meat tenderizer, season with salt, dredge lightly in flour, and then fry it. Very delicious. I keep meaning to have it again but never remember to buy it. And I am scared I will hate it now and will ruin a good childhood memory.

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                #10
                Years ago my dad made jerky with beef heart, it was good as I remember. That was 50 years ago and heart was very cheap.

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                  #11
                  Like all muscle tissue, the heart is supported by an extensive web of fibrous tissue. This tissue is most dense around the valves and in the septa (partitions) between the atria and ventricles and is referred to as the cardiac skeleton.
                  Last edited by gcdmd; September 25, 2018, 12:11 PM.

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                    #12
                    I just read about a recipe that leaves the heart in balsamic overnight to tenderize then cooks it hot and fast on a skillet. I bought some heart on crowd cow...think I will try this out.

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                    • EdF
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                      Be sure to fill us in on the outcome!

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